2015 Pakistan heat wave | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 2000 |
A severe heat wave with temperatures as high as 49 °C (120 °F) struck southern Pakistan in June 2015. It caused the deaths of about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke, mostly in Sindh province and its capital city, Karachi. The heat wave also claimed the lives of zoo animals and countless agricultural livestock. The event followed a separate heat wave in neighboring India that killed 2,500 people in May 2015.
Source: Wikipedia 1995 China Flood | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 1437 |
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